Liberal Democrats seething about Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s moderate stances got a challenger to take her on Monday, but Rep. Ruben Gallego’s announcement also creates the potential for a messy three-way contest in a battleground state.
The campaign arm for Senate Democrats, whose 51-seat majority control in this Congress includes Sinema even though she officially became an independent after the November election, wouldn’t comment on Gallego’s candidacy Monday.
But Sinema’s fellow moderate Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, said he’d back Sinema should she decide to run, and he urged Senate Democratic leaders to do the same.
